In its letter, ALECSO had suggested that the States which were preparing to invade Iraq should be reminded that the country's cultural heritage was of the first importance, not only to Iraq itself and to the Arab region, but to humanity in its entirety, inasmuch as Iraq was one of the oldest civilizations, and its cultural and archaeological heritage belonged to the entire world. Consequently, the duty of protecting it was incumbent upon the entire world as well.
En su carta, la ALECSO proponía que se recordara a los Estados que se disponían a invadir Iraq que el patrimonio cultural del país era de primordial importancia, no sólo para el propio Iraq y la región árabe, sino para toda la humanidad, en la medida en que el Iraq era cuna de una de las más antiguas civilizaciones y su patrimonio cultural y arqueológico pertenecía a toda la humanidad que, por consiguiente, tenía la obligación de protegerlo.